It's early days in the 2. Bundesliga and both Würzburger Kickers and Bochum are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Würzburger Kickers form and stats
Würzburger Kickers have played three 2. Bundesliga home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
Würzburger Kickers faced defeat in their previous match, away at Hamburger SV (1-3). Before that game, the home loss against Holstein Kiel with the scoreline 0-2.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Würzburger here at flyeralarm-Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). Würzburger Kickers have conceded 7 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Bochum form and stats
Things could have gone better for Bochum in their 2. Bundesliga away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Bochum are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the 2. Bundesliga against Erzgebirge Aue (placed 6th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Eintracht Braunschweig wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Bochum has managed 2 goals and let in 2 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: one win for Würzburger, zero draws and one win for Bochum. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  S. Zoller 3 goals |  R. Zulj 2 goals |   D. Baumann 1 goals |
Würzburger Kickers missing players
Bochum missing players
| Würzburger Kickers | Bochum | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | 7 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 60% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 40% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 60 | 38 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 20 | 71 |
| 15 | 9 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 20% | 22% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 40% | 29% |
- All of Würzburger Kickers's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bochum have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Würzburger Kickers has the most conceded goals (11) in 2. Bundesliga
- Würzburger Kickers has the most conceded goals (7) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- Würzburger Kickers has the most conceded goals in the second half (9) in 2. Bundesliga
- Würzburger Kickers has the the worst goal difference (-5) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- Würzburger Kickers has the the worst goal difference (-8) in 2. Bundesliga
- Würzburger Kickers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Würzburger Kickers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Würzburger Kickers have yet to win a game.
- Würzburger Kickers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Würzburger Kickers is in the worst form (0-1-4)
| Würzburger Kickers | Last season | Bochum | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 13 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 71 | 36 | Scored | S | 16 | 53 | ||
| 60 | 26 | Conceded | C | 21 | 51 | ||
| 92% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 91% | ||
| 87% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 82% | ||
| 71% | 74% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 41% | 59% | ||
| 42% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 38% | ||
| 24% | 16% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 18% | ||
| 66% | 63% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 65% | ||
| 16% | 16% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 24% | ||
| 26% | 26% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 21% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 494 | 270 | Total Shots | T S | 192 | 451 | ||
| 214 | 116 | Shots on Target | S O | 52 | 148 | ||
| 33% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hamburger SV | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 2 | Holstein Kiel | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Hannover 96 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | Jahn Regensburg | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Bochum | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Erzgebirge Aue | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | Sandhausen | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 8 | St. Pauli | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Greuther Furth | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Osnabruck | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Nurnberg | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Darmstadt 98 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Heidenheim | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 5 |
| 14 | Paderborn | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| 15 | Karlsruher SC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 16 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 4 |
| 17 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -7 | 4 |
| 18 | Würzburger Kickers | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -8 | 1 |
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